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An Open Letter To David Byrne

Maybe the solution would be to see if you can get affiliated with a local college. Not sure what all it would take to get an exemption, but I don't expect it'd even be all that much trouble to make your own college and use that ...

+48V's School of Hard Knocks ... <G>

Not just you though ... regulation concerning any media distribution is seriously out of date. One of our local TV stations was just pulled from my satellite service as they demanded more bucks for rebroadcast rights.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tribune-dish-satellite-distribution-1201794053/

Seems sort of strange, as you can get the station OTA for free anyway. A few years back, this would have been a non-issue, but now that everyone's pulled down their antennas, we're talking a captive audience. The TV station is broadcasting blurbs about how we should switch services and the satellite company's response is that if they're not stopped now, they'll just play the same game with all the rebroadcast channels. Makes sense that they would.

PS ... I've heard rumors off and on that if this sort of thing keeps up, the FCC could consider charging these "free" stations rent to use a public frequency ... THAT would leave a mark, eh!
 
musichal said:
They may be your enemy. Your listeners, to some extent. But I don't see that it affects me at all. Not trying to be a smart-aleck, just wondering why I should care? So far, I don't.
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Just in case and for the record, I'm not the author/station owner of said letter to David Byrne. So the extent that these are "my" listeners goes only as far as my affinity and empathy for internet radio's well-being as a whole.
And, while I did not take it that way, thank you for the non-smart-aleck disclaimer as to your tone. :beerchug:

As with most decisions concocted, conflicted, and crafted within the halls (behind the walls) of legislature both federal and state, we often don't realize how those decisions/laws made therein affect us until after the fact. As I see it, there are several significant implications and ramifications involved in this particular transitional tide/power shift.

Without diving too deep into the abyss of it all, one main reason which floats to the top of this toilet is yet another "gentrification" of real radio. It's deja-vu all over again. Lest I get into what happened to the terrestrial radio landscape when "con$ultants" took over radio in the 80's and then ownership constraints were deregulated (creativity/diversity obliterated) in the 90's. IMO, this recent turn of the cards (barrier to entry/existence) is very akin if not virtually the same complacent ****-up and legislative big boy power grab that turned FM into a corporate sewer of soap selling sameness.

Looking into crystal ball. Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook is the present shortlist that will end up owning (loss leader afford) 95% of Internet "radio" going forward. That blows and does not, SHOULD NOT need be.

That's why I do and you should care about the welfare of independent free-form radio and "thine enemies".
 
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+48V said:
Just in case and for the record, I'm not the author/station owner of this letter to David Byrne. So the extent that these are "my" listeners goes only as far as my affinity and empathy for internet radio's well-being as a whole.
And, while I did not take it that way, thank you for the non-smart-aleck disclaimer as to your tone. :beerchug:

As with most decisions concocted, conflicted, and crafted within the halls (behind the walls) of legislature both federal and state, we often don't realize how those decisions/laws made therein affect us until after the fact. As I see it, there are several significant implications and ramifications involved in this particular transitional tide/power shift.

Without diving too deep into the abyss of it all, one main reason which floats to the top of this toilet is yet another "gentrification" of real radio... all over again. Lest I get into what happened to the terrestrial radio landscape when "con$ultants" took over radio in the 80's and then ownership constraints were deregulated (obliterated) in the 90's. IMO, this recent turn of the cards is very akin if not virtually the same ****-up and legislative big boy power grab that turned FM into a corporate sewer of soap selling sameness.

Looking into crystal ball. Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook is the present shortlist that will end up owning (loss leader afford) 95% of Internet "radio" going forward. That blows and does not, SHOULD NOT need be.

That's why I do and you should care about "thine enemies".
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I understand your concern, and I have a reply that delves into an area your comments introduce that if I also touch upon - even tangentially - would only serve to signal debate for some, on a subject inappropriate for this site. I am somewhat sympathetic for your viewpoint, but don't quite see the situation as dire as you claim. Maybe it is okay if exceptions are made for the little guy, but the subject is so complex, I'm not even certain of those ramifications. I'll leave my comments there.

Oops! Re-read and understand you aren't the originator of this. Just ignore that, please.
 
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sKiZo said:
Seems sort of strange, as you can get the station OTA for free anyway. A few years back, this would have been a non-issue, but now that everyone's pulled down their antennas, we're talking a captive audience. The TV station is broadcasting blurbs about how we should switch services and the satellite company's response is that if they're not stopped now, they'll just play the same game with all the rebroadcast channels. Makes sense that they would.
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That's the odd thing, right? I have an antenna hooked up to my TV to capture local OTA stations, and then my TV's also on my network. All I need to do is select a different input, and the macros on my remote can handle that for me.
 
Doesn't affect me personally - at least until the wind blows my tv antenna down ... <G>

Long distance RatShack on a rotor, so it does an outstanding job. I was sorry to see the old analog stations shut down as well ... I'm mid Michigan and could watch Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit on a good night. Then again, late night viewing OTA isn't what it used to be either.

(I have GOT to get to the shop and fix the Way Back Machine!) <G>
 
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